Vice President, Tax and Treasury at Cohere

San Francisco, California, United States

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Requirements

20+ years of experience in tax and treasury
Experience at a global tech/high-growth private and public company
Proven leadership in IPO processes and public company tax/treasury functions
Deep expertise in international tax (BEPS, Pillar Two), transfer pricing, and SEC regulations
Big 4 public accounting experience is strongly desired

Responsibilities

Develop and implement global tax strategies (direct/indirect tax, transfer pricing, IP taxation) to minimize risk and optimize cash flow
Lead tax planning for M&A, restructuring, and cross-border transactions
Oversee tax compliance, audits, and relationships with global tax authorities
Ensure IPO-ready tax structures, including SEC compliance and SOX controls
Manage global cash operations, forecasting, and liquidity risk mitigation
Execute FX risk management and international cash repatriation strategies
Develop treasury policies for post-IPO public company requirements
Partner with CFO and auditors on IPO tax disclosures and financial reporting (GAAP/IFRS)
Model tax implications of public ownership (e.g., Section 162(m), equity compensation)
Establish controls for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance and public company treasury operations
Build and mentor a high-performing global tax/treasury team
Collaborate with Legal, FP&A, and Accounting to align financial strategies
Advise executive team on tax/treasury impacts of business decisions

Skills

Cohere

Provides NLP tools and LLMs via API

About Cohere

Cohere provides advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools and Large Language Models (LLMs) through a user-friendly API. Their services cater to a wide range of clients, including businesses that want to improve their content generation, summarization, and search functions. Cohere's business model focuses on offering scalable and affordable generative AI tools, generating revenue by granting API access to pre-trained models that can handle tasks like text classification, sentiment analysis, and semantic search in multiple languages. The platform is customizable, enabling businesses to create smarter and faster solutions. With multilingual support, Cohere effectively addresses language barriers, making it suitable for international use.

Toronto, CanadaHeadquarters

2019Year Founded

$914.4MTotal Funding

SERIES_DCompany Stage

AI & Machine LearningIndustries

501-1,000Employees

Risks

Competitors like Google and Microsoft may overshadow Cohere with seamless enterprise system integration.

Reliance on Nvidia chips poses risks if supply chain issues arise or strategic focus shifts.

High cost of AI data center could strain financial resources if government funding is delayed.

Differentiation

Cohere's North platform outperforms Microsoft Copilot and Google Vertex AI in enterprise functions.

Rerank 3.5 model processes queries in over 100 languages, enhancing multilingual search capabilities.

Command R7B model excels in RAG, math, and coding, outperforming competitors like Google's Gemma.

Upsides

Cohere's AI data center project positions it as a key player in Canadian AI.

North platform offers secure AI deployment for regulated industries, enhancing privacy-focused enterprise solutions.

Cohere's multilingual support breaks language barriers, expanding its global market reach.

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